UK-based LSP The Translation People has acquired Cicero for an undisclosed amount, adding GBP 0.55m in revenues to its 2017 totals of GBP 5.1m. Continue reading
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While neural machine translation is progressing at breakneck speed and is already impacting the world’s estimated 600,000 translators and 21,000 language service providers, blockchain technology is about to unlock the true value of millions of translation memories. Continue reading
Holland-based Livewords picks up another small generalist language service provider in its home market. The deal marks second acquisition since rebranding from Concorde to Livewords. Continue reading
Honyaku Center registers a slight 3.9% increase year-on-year with total revenues of JPY 10.6bn (USD 96.2m), making this fiscal year a record for Japan’s largest LSP. Shares jump on the news, climbing to a two-year high. Continue reading
US researchers outline how technology could be used to support the work of simultaneous interpreters. They propose analyzing the linguist’s performance on the fly via real-time quality feedback loop and offer help only when the interpreter is struggling. Continue reading
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With less than a year to go until the United Kingdom bows out of the EU, speculation has been rife about the future of the English language within the EU. Now, the confirmation of the EU budget for 2021 to 2027 has put pay to the idea that English could disappear from the corridors of the European Union institutions. Continue reading
The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has awarded five sole source contracts worth a grand total of USD 260.58m. The companies are mandated to provide Linguistic Services to the DEA’s divisions on a regional basis. Continue reading
After the March 2018 decision by National Labor Relations Board to order SOSi to reclassify freelancers as employees, businesses and freelancers alike are wondering what the ruling could mean for an industry that has relied on freelancers for decades. Continue reading
A 30-day promotion between partners eBay and Webinterpret that offered sellers automated localization on their listings has backfired with sellers complaining about being opted in without permission, even calling it an outright scam. Continue reading
MSS appoints a new CEO and Unbabel a new VP of Strategic Accounts. Global Textware and XTRF Translation Management system welcome senior managers. Continue reading
The final ruling settles the legal challenge posed by Dublin-based Word Perfect Translation Service Ltd. to a contract awarded to a rival LSP for the supply of state interpreters to the state immigration service in 2016. Continue reading
Mozilla’s flagship product, the Firefox web browser, ships in 103 languages. All products of the free software community are localized, but they have a unique community-based approach to localization. Continue reading
Facebook is open sourcing its unified deep learning framework PyTorch 1.0, the underlying technology that supports AI and many of its products including Translate. Continue reading
Delaware Supreme Court rejects appeal and clears the way for sale of TransPerfect to co-founder and co-CEO Phil Shawe. Transaction expected to close on May 7, 2018. Continue reading
Slator launches the 2018 Slator Language Service Provider Index (LSPI). The index comprises the largest language service providers worldwide with aggregate 2017 revenue of USD 4.7 billion derived from services such as translation, localization, language technology, interpretation, subtitling, dubbing, and related services. Continue reading
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